United Nations Children’s Fund is seeking a

Partnerships Manager (Fundraising)

at P-4 level for a fixed-term appointment in Beijing, China

UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children’s rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world.

For every child, an advocate

UNICEF and China have a long history of collaboration. In 1947, China became the first country in Asia to welcome a partnership with UNICEF, and our first programme provided emergency relief services to children. China has the second-largest child population: 14% of the world’s children. It’s had progress recently, advancing education and health rights, promoting gender equality and reducing poverty. China has reduced its under-five mortality rate by 80% since 1990. For more information, please visit our webpage: http://www.unicef.cn.

How you can make a difference

We are now looking for seasoned expertise to be responsible for leading and retaining existing partnerships and proactively establishing new high-impact partnerships with the corporate sector and high net-worth individuals in China, thus mobilizing resources to realize UNICEF’s strategic goals. In particular:

·Provide strategic leadership to obtaining resources for UNICEF China. Propose frameworks of engagement with the private sector in line with Global Best Practices

·Implement the strategic framework and periodically review and propose modifications

·Ensure budgeted annual private sector fundraising targets are reached

·Proactively lead new partnerships development to ensure high value partnership propositions in line with UNICEF’s objectives

·Lead to identify, assess and negotiate with companies and high net worth individuals based on quality research

·Provide high quality account services to existing corporate partners to retain and grow

·Provide coaching and management to team members. Develop work plans and ensure objectives and targets are achieved

·Ensure that new partnerships are aligned with UNICEF’s due diligence standards, and adequately manage risk

To qualify, you will have…

·Master’s level university degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Public Relations or related field. A first level university degree in combination with additional qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the master’s degree

·Minimum of 8-10 years of professional experience particularly in a business-to-business role in a global organization and/or an international partnerships role in a charity, NGO or INGO

·Experience at strategic management level and from team leadership is essential. Experience in sales and in multi-cultural environments is desired

·Strong management and coordination skills in a complex multi-organizational setting

·Fluency in English. Knowledge of Mandarin is a strong asset

For every child, you demonstrate…

·Respect for and adherence to UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Inclusion, Integrity and proven understanding and sensitivity to cultural nuances

·Interpersonal and motivational skills; capacity to build team spirit and bring diverse teams to deliver on shared results

·Drive for results, setting high standards for the quality of work

·Capacity to think outside of the box and drive innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

·Compelling communication skills, fluently and confidently gathering and expressing and writing opinions and information

Applications including a Cover Letter and a CV/resume shall be sent through www.unicef.org/employ (requisition #509225). The deadline for receipt of applications is 14 Dec. 2017.